Brown v. State

The sole question presented for decision in this case is whether the burning without a permit of an abandoned clubhouse at Laurel Raceway was “maliciously” caused or procured within the meaning of Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Yol., 1978 Supp.), Art. 27, § 7.

In the evening of March 1, 1976 the Howard County Fire Department received a report of a fire in the clubhouse at Laurel Raceway. Five fire companies responded to the scene, but the building was already over seventy-five percent destroyed. After the fire only the steel skeleton of the clubhouse remained. The fire did not spread to…